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Hiring through Referrals

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  • Penn State
  • Manolis Galenianos

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information value of referrals.

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  • Penn State & Manolis Galenianos, 2008. "Hiring through Referrals," 2008 Meeting Papers 672, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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